Age Check - How Old is Your Oldest Fish?

[jdpiii3]

Lets see those fish, the older the better. Where did they start? What have they been through? What's been your secret to keeping them healthy?

I'll start.

Here is Katie the Yellow Tang. I'm one of the original OG's. I've been around since the early 2000s started off in a small one bedroom 150. I've made it through power outages, pump failures, hurricanes, weird salinity swings a big move uptown to my new 400 gallon home, and this one-time dad brought home a stingray for the tank, I kid you not a freaking Stingray...who knows what he was thinking.

Dad keeps me healthy with a good diet I get a ton of Nori and plenty of Rod's food along with a good bath in new water every week. I think he's doing a great job keeping me healthy!

 

[A;exr54]

My shrimp goby is about 14 years old. And my green mandarin is about 10 years old.
I don't do anything special. Just keep levels as steady as possible.

 

[topjimmy]

I have two petco clownfish that are 20 years old.

 

[ReefRondo]

Regal tang that’s about 7/8 years old and looks real rough. He has survived an entire tank velvet wipeout and loads of other dramas but it does show. Poor guy gets pointed at in our show tank for all the wrong reasons but is fat and healthy otherwise. I think some people would have got rid of him by now but he is a family member!

 

[DanTheReefer]

Parrot cichlid is 13 years old. He’s laughably huge compared to the XL parrots that cost $50. He’s the mascot of our small business. After his tank ruptured he went belly up when we put him in 100% new water without acclimation, but he made it when we added some strong flow, still going strong

 

[Timfish]

20+ year old tangs

Great work! My purple and yellow have been in my friends tank about 7 years, now joining me after he left the hobby. How big is your tank? I'll need to upgrade for these friends!

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[jdpiii3]

Parrot cichlid is 13 years old. He’s laughably huge compared to the XL parrots that cost $50. He’s the mascot of our small business. After his tank ruptured he went belly up when we put him in 100% new water without acclimation, but he made it when we added some strong flow, still going strong

He is a beast I had one a long time ago when I kept fresh water. It used to eat right out of my hand and if I wasn't quick it would try to eat my hand.

 

[vlangel]

My oldest fish is a True Percula clownfish. It was re-homed to me from some friends who have had it about 12 years and now I have had it over a year.

I had a pair of spawning Tomato clowns that were 15 years old (and one of their babies that was 7) when I re-homed all of them to keep seahorses.

 

[legionofdoon]

I have a blue green chromis that's over fifteen years and a clown that's 10. Both are huge jerks.

 

[Jesse571]

Lets see those fish, the older the better. Where did they start? What have they been through? What's been your secret to keeping them healthy?

I'll start.

Here is Katie the Yellow Tang. I'm one of the original OG's. I've been around since the early 2000s started off in a small one bedroom 150. I've made it through power outages, pump failures, hurricanes, weird salinity swings a big move uptown to my new 400 gallon home, and this one-time dad brought home a stingray for the tank, I kid you not a freaking Stingray...who knows what he was thinking.

Dad keeps me healthy with a good diet I get a ton of Nori and plenty of Rod's food along with a good bath in new water every week. I think he's doing a great job keeping me healthy!

My clownfish that just passed was 28 years old. Father inlaw got it about half an inch and when he died the clown came to me.

 

[jdpiii3]

My clownfish that just passed was 28 years old. Father inlaw got it about half an inch and when he died the clown came to me.

So sorry for your loss, 28 years now that is amazing! Well done!

 

[SirRoadwolf]

My Royal Gramma is about 5 years old in my tank. I got him as one of the first fish in my tank. The tank is also going on it's second year of essentially zero upkeep and zero feeding, and the corals are still growing and Royal Gramma still looks healthy as ever.

I shall actually do a post about the tank soon. I have been meaning to.

 

[Susan Edwards]

Yellow tail damsel. Model citizen. On its 3rd tank. 5 yrs.

 

[Dburr1014]

My Royal Gramma is about 5 years old in my tank. I got him as one of the first fish in my tank. The tank is also going on it's second year of essentially zero upkeep and zero feeding, and the corals are still growing and Royal Gramma still looks healthy as ever.

I shall actually do a post about the tank soon. I have been meaning to.

I also have an rg, he's been with me 8 years.

 

[mfinn]

I have a pair of GSM clowns that have been with me for 24 years. Probably a year old when I got them.

 

[McPuff]

Pink spot watchman goby. It's at least 18 years old. Had it since 2005 and it was not a baby then... Have never had another pet for that long. Unfortunately, he is looking quite long in the tooth. I fear the end is near. :0(

 

[Jesse571]

So sorry for your loss, 28 years now that is amazing! Well done!

Thank you. Was just going to get the old fella his own electric wheelchair.... I do miss him though.

 

[Rocky Mountain]

I have the nemo group, clown, blue hippo tang, and yellow tang at about 19 years old. I also have a male maroon clown at about the same age who I got as a mated pair when they were 5 years old. The female was too aggressive, and I got a good deal for them at a LFS. I just lost the female 3 months back. It looked like the blue hippo tang and her may have tangled over food, and something happened to her bottom lip even though they had been together for 14 years.

 

[Scubadoo4u]

I've got 7/8 yr old bunch including Scopas & Purple Tang, Flame Angel, 2 PJ Cardinals, Gold bar Maroon Clownfish (territorial pain-in-the-butt), Yellow corASS Wrasse, Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse and a 12-13 yr old Banggai Cardnalfish and I got a soft spot for him.

 

[Timfish]

Happy to say this purple tang is still going strong at 28+